tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 12 17:17:46 1996
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RE: KLBC: Quick question
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: Quick question
- Date: Tue, 12 Nov 96 22:32:41 UT
jatlh HurghwI':
> If you have a word like lo'laH and you want to make it "to be able to be
> vauluable," are you allowed to use lo'laHlaH? [ . . .] Basically I'm
wondering if > some of the words in
> the dictionary really have suffixes or just appear to.
Didn't we just go through this conversation somewhere else? :)
The answer is: we're not sure. Except possibly for the words {ja'chuq} and
{lo'laH}, I'd say that the words listed with suffixes are just that: suffixes
added by Okrand to demonstrate how they work. For example, Okrand probably
added {poS} "be open" to the dictionary, and then thought that someone might
want to say "open something." Therefore, he added {poSmoH} "cause to be
open," which is just {poS} with a suffix, so that this usage of the word would
be clear.
I don't have proof, of course, but it does seem the most likely explanation.
SuStel
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